Canada's Long Embrace of the Honduran Dictatorship

[Derechos]

Peter Kent recently returned from a three day trip (February 17-20) to Honduras, proudly declaring the mission a success. As Canada’s Minister of State for the Americas, Kent is the Tory government’s point person for Canada’s growing political and economic interests in the region. Honduras has become an important focus of those interests, since the military coup last June against the moderately left-leaning president, Manuel Zelaya, swung the country sharply back to the right.

http://www.counterpunch.org/gordon03192010.html

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1. It won't work

Lobo was elected. Evidently the elections were flawed. But calling it a dictatorship is a little bit much. Face it, Zelaya and Patricia Rodas lost Honduras. They were stubborn, misjudged their ability to keep power, and were incredibly sloppy.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Excellent article, Derechos. The writers are people of principle. Very rare trait in some quarters,

isn't it?

In the end, good is GOING to triumph, no matter how long, hard, and loudly the filth of hell rages against the inevitable.

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3. Gengis Khan killed a lot of people

Good doesn't always triumph. That's a belief we hold to keep us sane. But it's not true.